Someone recently asked a question about the Ghost Design Pattern - I have not seen this before.
What is the Ghost Design Pattern and how is it implemented? I can only find snippets on the web in reference to it.
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The only reference I've ever heard to a Design Pattern and 'Ghost' is in Lazy-Loading.
Since Lazy-loading involves only loading the object when it's actually needed, you can think of it as a 'Ghost' until then. You can see its outline, but can't really use it until it's loaded.
George Stocker
2010-06-09 18:00:22
@George Yeah I was reading that but it did not make a whole lot of sense to me
David Relihan
2010-06-09 18:01:33
@David: Yeah, since when do ghosts materialize when someone touches them?
intuited
2010-06-09 19:37:56
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It's not in GOF nor Fowler PoEAA, the only thing I can think of it as something similar its a Proxy for lazy loading.
Markust
2010-06-09 18:02:23